The congressional hispanic caucus, has said there is a lack of latinos in the incoming cabinet, if confirmed this air will face the daunting task of leading the department during a pandemic that has killed more than 281,000 people has disproportionately affected people of color. Our other big story this sunday night more than 30 million californians now facing stay at home orders and less than 2 hours at 10 00pm. Those orders will go into effect for 3 bay area counties that San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. The order is very similar to the lockdown that many of us all the way back in march. Those counties now taking an earlier approach to governor newsoms order that requires counties to go into lockdown when icu bed capacity has dropped below 15 . Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area, no hovering around 24 . Number of Health Leaders across the bay area say right now they dont want to take any chances. Thats why theyre doing this early. Stay at home orders will also
It restricts all nonessential activity between the hours of 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. , but will a mandatory quarantine for travellers be next . And if so, how soon . Reporter as covid cases continue surging across the bay area, San Francisco is embracing its purple status and the rstrictions that come with it, but just how bad are the numbers . I think were very close to santa clara. Reporter abc 7s Analysis Shows covid cases per capita between San Francisco and santa clara are both reaching the high 1,700s. To put it in perspective, San Francisco was averaging 139 new covid cases per day. Whereas santa clara is averaging 517. We may well have to act like santa clara has. I dont want to get in front of the City Health Department here, but theyre obviously weighing all these things and looking at the same numbers were all looking at. Reporter Santa Clara County Public Health officials have implemented even stricter rules, like limiting hotels to only essential travel and requiring peo
Seeing some encouraging numbers on the pandemic. But some Health Experts believe a resurgence is on the way. Some bay area restaurants are open for the first time this year, but will anyone show up . I dont know a lot about stocks. They helped them go up. Small Investors Team up to throw wall street into turmoil. New at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look outside, one final round of rain moving through the bay area right now. Paul heggen is tracking the storm for us tonight. One more round of organized rainfall is moving in. This is the same area of rain we were tracking earlier when it was still well off the coast. But now its moving into some spots that really need a break from the rain. Including the Santa Cruz Mountains. One more burst of heavy downpours. It is about to cross over the Santa Cruz Mountains and roll through the santa clara valley. Same thing for morgan hill and gilroy. Some spots that have seen the heaviest rainfall amounts so far. This is not the only bat
Appointments. Covid19 is very serious. We want to ensure they understand that. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that they feel safe in our space. Retail stores must limit capacity to 25 . Grocery stores are at 50 . Code enforcement will go through sunday, could be extended. Restaurants got a welcome boost from lastminute shoppers. We have live coverage with a look at how people are preparing amid the pandemic. Reporter some of the restrictions that you were talking about were seen today. Many stores said that the usual rush was replaced by a week of people trickling in. Many people say that tomorrow, the meal will be served up within extra helping of gratitude. The thanksgiving eve rush took on a different tone this year for smoke berkeley. Had to turn away more than 100 orders for thanksgiving dinner. People found that their travel plans changed right at the last minute. They were trying to find someplace to find dinner. Reporter chef tina found of the barbecue restaurant now ru
Keep people from mixing with others from outside their household. As these numbers continue to go the wrong direction, he says we are still expecting a surge from the thanksgiving holiday. If we dont act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. If we dont act now, well continue to see a death rate climb. Reporter siding sharp increases in covid19 cases, hospitalizations, and death, governor gavin newsom issued a new regional stayathome order with strict new rules. Back to back days with 113 deaths just in the last 14 days, close to 1000 californians have lost their lives due to covid19. Reporter as of now, all nonessential travel is temporarily restricted statewide. The new stayathome order breaks the state into five regions instead of individual counties. Monterey and Santa Cruz County are included in the bay area region. When and areas icu capacity drops 50 or less, restrictions would go into place for three weeks but none of the regions currently meet the threshold, but newsom